"mean" as verb
1 - To lament.
"mean" as verb
1 - To intend.
2 - To convey (a meaning).
3 - To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
"mean" as adjective
1 - Common; general.
2 - Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
3 - Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
"mean" as noun
1 - (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
2 - (in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
3 - Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
"mean" as adjective
1 - Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
2 - Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
